Columbian College of Arts & Sciences: Faculty Getting Press
December 2019

Among the Columbian College faculty getting press during November were the following individuals:

 

American Studies
Elisabeth Anker spoke to Aljazeera English about the House impeachment inquiry (1, 2).
Gayle Wald was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “Disney Plus warns of ‘outdated cultural depictions’ in some films. That’s not enough, experts say” and by the Associated Press in “Disney Plus adds disclaimer about racist movie stereotypes.”

Anthropology
Sean Roberts was quoted by The Washington Post in the article “She survived a Chinese internment camp and made it to Virginia. Will the U.S. let her stay?”
Sarah Wagner authored the article “MIA defense spending — a crucial cost of war” for The Hill.

Arts & Design
Millicent Scarlett was featured by WAMU in the article “New Musical About Suffrage Aims To Be ‘Hamilton’ Of Women’s History.”

Economics
Michael Moore was quoted by NBC News in the article “De-escalation of trade war is good news for stocks, shoppers — and Beijing.”
Jay Shambaugh was quoted by The New York Times in the article “Frozen in Place: Americans Are Moving at the Lowest Rate on Record” and by Marketplace in “In many homes, housework falls disproportionately to young women.”
Tara Sinclair spoke to Marketplace about whether the United States is headed toward a recession.

Geography
Dan Malouff authored the articles “Before National Landing was Crystal City, it was Brick Haven” and “See DDOT’s newest plans for the K Street Transitway” for Greater Greater Washington.

History
Hugh Agnew was quoted by Esquire in the article “The Polish Prime Minister Demands Netflix Change the Treblinka Death Camp Map in ‘Devil Next Door.’”
Tyler Anbinder authored the article “Trump has spread more hatred of immigrants than any American in history” for The Washington Post.
James Banner appeared on C-SPAN for a discussion on the history of presidential misconduct.
Gregg Brazinsky was quoted by The Japan Times in the article “Unwilling or unable? U.S. faces uphill battle in quest to save Japan-South Korea intel.”
Hope Harrison was quoted by the Los Angeles Times in the article “Who brought down the Berlin Wall? It might have been the Boss,” by The New York Times in “Has a U.S. College Given Russia Too Friendly a Platform?” and by The Guardian in “The controversial plan to redevelop Checkpoint Charlie.” She spoke to Voice of America for the segment “Plugged In with Greta Van Susteren - Berlin Wall: 30 Years After the Fall.”
Sara Matthiesen was quoted by The New York Times in the article “The End of Babies.”
David Silverman was featured on Boston.com in the article “The Athenaeum is Boston’s best kept secret. Here’s what to see in November.” WCAI-FM’s The Point spoke to him for the segment “Myths of the First Thanksgiving.” His book This Land Is Their Land received various coverage in C-SPAN, Smithsonian Magazine, WHYY-FM’s Radio Times, The Atlantic, The New York Times, KALW-FM’s Your Call and BBC Radio.

Media and Public Affairs
Dante Chinni co-authored the article “MAP: Key counties that may determine who voters elect in November” for NBC News.
Trevor Davis was cited by Financial Times in the article “Facebook’s fake numbers problem — Lex in depth.” BuzzFeed quoted him in the article “Facebook Says Anonymous Pages Posting Coordinated Pro-Trump Content Do Not Break Its Rules.”
David Karpf was quoted by CNN in the article “How social media set the agenda in the first impeachment hearing” and by Vice in “These Activists Are Training Every Movement That Matters.” Washington City Paper featured him in the article “The People Issue 2019.”
Peter Loge was quoted by Spectrum News in the article “How to Navigate Turkey and Politics This Thanksgiving.”
Ethan Porter was quoted by PolitiFact in the article “Here’s how to fact-check your family at the Thanksgiving dinner table.”
Steven Roberts authored the article “In Cold War Berlin, the Americans had a tunnel, but the Soviets had a mole” for The Washington Post.
Rebekah Tromble was quoted by PolitiFact in the article “Disinformation targets Republicans who criticize Trump or support the impeachment inquiry.”

Organizational Sciences and Communication
David Costanza was quoted by Bloomberg in the article “There’s No Such Thing as Millennials or Boomers.”

Physics
Michael Doering and Maxim Mai were cited in the Cern Courier article “Λ-hyperon anomaly confirmed.”
Alexander van der Horst was quoted by The Weather Channel in the article “Astronomers Observe Highest Energy Light Ever Detected from Gamma-ray Burst.”

Political Science
Steven Balla authored the article “Are mass comment campaigns an abuse of the rulemaking process?” for The Hill.
Sarah Binder was quoted by PolitiFact in the articles “Nancy Pelosi overstates Republican gains in impeachment process” and “Steil errs comparing Trump to Clinton, Nixon impeachments.”
Henry Farrell was cited by The Nation in the article “Fiona Hill’s Testimony Was Devastating for Trump.”
Samuel Goldman was quoted by the Washington Examiner in the article “Trump evangelical base 'thrilled' by determination that West Bank settlements are legal.”
John Logsdon was quoted by Axios in the article “NASA’s difficult road to the Moon.”
Henry Nau authored the article “BOOK REVIEW: 'The Russia Trap’” for The Washington Times.
Christopher Warshaw spoke to WTTG-Fox 5 in the segment “Impeachment history on Fox 5 News On The Hill.”

Psychology
Sherry Molock was quoted by Diverse: Issues in Higher Education in the article “The Steve Fund Improves Mental Health Services for Students of Color.”

Public Policy and Public Administration 
Leah Brooks co-authored the article “Democratic presidential hopefuls take aim at housing reform. What does that mean for our region?” for Greater Greater Washington.
Leighton Ku was cited by Reuters in the article “Judge blocks Trump rule requiring prospective immigrants have health insurance.” He was quoted by The Oregonian in the article “Federal judge blocks President Trump from restricting visas for immigrants without health insurance.”
Sara Rosenbaum was quoted by The Nation in the article “Tennessee Is a Guinea Pig for Frightening New Medicaid Experiments.”

Regulatory Studies Center
Bridget Dooling was quoted by E & E News in the article “Trump charts a regulatory path through 2020.” She authored the article “Sometimes, Executive Orders Are No More Powerful Than Tweets” for Government Executive. 
Susan Dudley was quoted by E & E News in the article “Trump admin advances high‑impact 'secret science' rule.”

Sociology
Robert Cottrol was cited by Quartz in the article “SCOTUS has the 2nd Amendment in its sights—and gun groups are thrilled.”
Amitai Etzioni authored the article “There are poor ideas, bad ones and Facebook's Libra” for The Hill. 
Gregory Squires was quoted by Newsday in the article “Long Island Divided” and by Fortune in “Michael Bloomberg Apologizes for Stop-and-Frisk.”
Elizabeth Vaquera was cited by The Conversation in the article “DACA argued at the Supreme Court: 6 essential reads.”
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